Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer, Don Halsted brings to Cedar Point Communications substantial expertise in finance and management within the telecommunications, technology and commercial sectors, including working with leading financial organizations, improving operating efficiencies, managing acquisition and financing processes, and implementing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Before joining Cedar Point, Mr. Halsted was CFO of 3Com Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company in Marlborough, MA. In addition to increasing operational discipline, he managed funding and investment bank relations for 3Com related to a $400 million strategic acquisition of TippingPoint in 2005 and the $882 million acquisition of 100% ownership of its H3C joint venture with Huawei Technologies of China in 2007.

Prior to joining 3Com, Mr. Halsted had been vice president, finance of Invensys, plc and operational CFO of Invensys’ Production Management Division in Foxboro, MA. During the previous seven years he was with Polaroid Corporation in Waltham, MA, where he held senior financial executive positions including vice president and corporate controller.

Mr. Halsted spent the first 18 years of his career, from 1979-97, with IBM Corporation and an IBM/Siemens joint venture, the ROLM Company. During that period, Mr. Halsted held a variety of positions, including vice president and controller of ROLM, controller of IBM Europe and director of financial planning at IBM’s corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY.

Mr. Halsted holds a B.S. (with distinction) in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA (with distinction), both from Cornell University.

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JC Murphy, President & CEO

George Kassas, Founder and Executive Vice President, Business Development

Kimberly Manion, Senior Director, Human Resources

Len Hayes, Executive Vice President, Operations

Mark Tubinis, Chief Technology Officer & Vice President of Engineering

Donald Halsted, Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Walker, Vice President, Marketing